Lake Cliff is a neighborhood in the northern part of the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA). It surrounds Lake Cliff, a small freshwater lake. From 1906 to 1913, Oak Cliff was home to an amusement park that, according to its founders, outdid Coney Island. Lake Cliff Park featured a 2,500-seat theater, an 18,000-square-foot roller-skating rink, a roller coaster, Japanese village, mechanical swings, and water rides. Dallasites could take a streetcar link straight to its front door and marvel at the park’s electrical lighting. Today, visitors can still spy remnants of the brick-lined channel.

Lake Cliff
Downtown Dallas as seen from Lake Cliff
Downtown Dallas as seen from Lake Cliff
Lake Cliff is located in Texas
Lake Cliff
Lake Cliff
Lake Cliff is located in the United States
Lake Cliff
Lake Cliff
Coordinates: 32°45′23″N 96°49′6″W / 32.75639°N 96.81833°W / 32.75639; -96.81833
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyDallas
CityDallas
AreaOak Cliff
Elevation
502 ft (153 m)
ZIP code
75203
Area code(s)214, 469, 972
Lake Cliff Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by E. 6th St., Beckley Ave., Zangs Blvd. and Marsalis Ave., Dallas, Texas
Area75 acres (30 ha)
Built1888 (1888)
ArchitectAlbert S. Hecht, Robert C. Williams
Architectural styleLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Four Square, Rustic
MPSOak Cliff MPS
NRHP reference No.94000609[1]
DLMK No.H/84
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 17, 1994
Designated DLMKNovember 12, 1997[2]
Websitehttp://www.lakecliff.org/

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Sam A. Lindsay (November 12, 1997). "Ordinance No. 23328" (PDF). City of Dallas. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
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